Second Ag Weizen

[raven19]

Brewed our second AG beer today.
We tried a step mash, but the immersion element got some grain stuck to it resulting in flicking the safety switch! Long story short, we did a 7L decoction to heat up the mash along with some additional sparge water (we mashed in with a low ratio so had some space in the tun).

Our efficiency lifted from 70 to 73 on this recipe, plus we got 60L instead of our planned 55L at 1049. Bonus alround there!



Recipe as follows:

BeerSmith Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: AG02 Cam's Weizen
Brewer: Brad
Asst Brewer: Cam
Style: Weizen/Weissbier
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (0.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 60.00 L
Boil Size: 75.27 L
Estimated OG: 1.049 SG
Estimated Color: 3.6 SRM
Estimated IBU: 11.7 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 73.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
6.40 kg Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 50.00 %
6.40 kg Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 50.00 %
(Rice Gulls added also...)
70.00 gm Tettnang [4.10 %] (60 min) Hops 11.7 IBU
1 Pkgs Weihenstephan Weizen (Wyeast Labs #3068) [Yeast-Wheat


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body
Total Grain Weight: 12.80 kg
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Single Infusion, Medium Body
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 33.38 L of water at 74.4 C 67.8 C
10 min Mash Out Add 18.69 L of water at 91.5 C 75.6 C


Notes:
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Change Mash to: 10mins at 50 deg, 60min (closer to 90 mins) at 65 deg. (mash temps mucked up - immersion element shorted,decocted 7L to raise temp by 5 deg.
In cubes, 2 x 20L , 2 x 10L cubes filled at 1050 measured SG.

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Pics to follow shortly...

 

[3G]

Nice work Brad. Look forward to a beer with you again

 

[raven19]

Brewery Setup - no change from last time still...


Mash Tun


Hoppy Goodness...


Rolling Boil


Empty Kettle


Cube Glory, our babies!

 

[raven19]

Nice work Brad. Look forward to a beer with you again

Cheers Gregg.

Also managed to burn my toe with boiling water when fly sparging...! Nothing a few beers wont fix though...

 

[clean brewer]

Good on ya guys.. Love those shirts..

 

[bulp]

Decocting on your second AG :super: and its a Weizen too well done, can't wait to hear how the beer turned out. Well done chaps

 

[Mantis]

Sounds and looks like you had a great day.
Dont ya just love those cubes :beer: Got one of my own sitting on the shed floor cooling.

 

[raven19]

Good on ya guys.. Love those shirts..

We now have matching brew shirts.... scary stuff indeed!

Cam organised the shirts... not me. I like the saying on them though. Never a truer word spoken...

 

[chappo1970]

Well done Rav's,

Looks like you nailed that one with a Decoction 'n all too boot! I'm not brave enough to go there yet, might have to get some tips off ya?

BB on those shirts Rav's? h34r: Awesome!

How did ya mush tun cope? I have the same esky which is really borderline big enough for double batches (46lt) definitely would struggle to go for 60lt. What catches me out is the recess for the lid acts like a weir if I'm not careful.

Do you have a bit of a moment with the hops additions looks pretty foamy around the rim? :icon_drunk:

Sure is one nice boiler you've got. Thanks for sharing the day with us. :icon_cheers:

Edit: Spelting

 

[raven19]

Looks like you nailed that one with a Decoction 'n all too boot! I'm not brave enough to go there yet, might have to get some tips off ya?

BB on those shirts Rav's? h34r: Awesome!

How did ya mush tun cope? I have the same esky which is really borderline big enough for double batches (46lt) definitely would struggle to go for 60lt. What catches me out is the recess for the lid acts like a weir if I'm not careful.
Do you have a bit of a moment with the hops additions looks pretty foamy around the rim? :icon_drunk:
Sure is one nice boiler you've got. Thanks for sharing the day with us. :icon_cheers:

The decoction came about coz the immersion element kept shorting out! So we couldn't heat our mash (being in a plastic esky...)

Yep, I managed to overfill the esky too, and had wort dripping down the sides, just like you mentioned above.

We had a slight boil over prior to hops additions as the lid was on - well spotted! Once hops went in it was ok, plenty of head space in that massive kettle.

We have to fly sparge doing double batches due to esky size.

Not sure where Cam got the shirts, probably Cheap as Chips or similar! But they are gold... will ask him next time, not quite sure on the BB though :lol:

Now we just need a brew rig like yours Chappo!

I love this AG Brewing obsession!